The Good Network

By Flux Communications When we talk about South Africa’s education crisis, we often start too late. By the time children reach Grade 4, the gap is already wide. Today, 81% of Grade 4 learners in South Africa cannot read for meaning in any language. The foundations have already been missed.   In rural parts of Limpopo, those foundations are especially fragile. Many early childhood development centres operate in overcrowded spaces with limited resources, unsafe toilet facilitie

By Heather Dugmore A South African-developed coding programme called Tangible that teaches problem- solving through simple, fun games, and works with or without computers, has been accepted by the international UNICEF-led Learning Cabinet. This places it alongside a small group of international education tools that have been independently assessed for safety and scalability for real learning impact. Tangible was developed by the Department of Computing Sciences in the Faculty

By Grow ECD Back-to-school season is brewing with most school’s opening tomorrow. With more than 58% of children aged four to five not being developmentally on track, especially in lower-income communities, some of the most critical preparations must be done by South Africa’s more than 40,000 ECD centres to ensure they are ready to provide meaningful education in 2026. To help ECD owners and teachers, several free preschool resources are available to make their lives easier a

By Soapbox Communications The results of the government’s formal public participation process are in – and South Africans have spoken with overwhelming clarity. A total of 17,536 individuals and organisations submitted comments on the Department of Agriculture’s draft regulations on the live export of animals by sea between 23 July and 25 August 2025 . An extraordinary 95% called for a complete ban , rejecting attempts to regulate a trade widely described by animal welfare e

By Meropa Communications As World Children's Day is observed under the theme "My Day, My Rights," Inyathelo, the South African Institute for Advancement, says a strong non-profit sector, particularly in early childhood development (ECD), is critical to respond to reports that less than one third of South African children are able to read for understanding by the end of foundation phase. This staggering statistic means that millions of children are exiting their critical early